9408

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 9408
• Author: Foster, D. K. and G. Mueller.
• Title: Movement Patterns, Behavior, and Habitat Use of Razorback Sucker Stocked Into the Green River at Canyonlands National Park, Utah.
• USFW Year: 1999.
• USFW - Doc Type: Open-File Report 99-107,
• Copyright Material: NO

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .............................................. iiii
TABLE OF CONTENTS -
INTRODUCTION .......................................................1
MATERIALS AND METHODS ............................................ 4
Sources and Transportation of Fish .................................... 4
Tagging .........._ ..............................................4
~~ Tracking Design and Effort .......................................... 5
Habitat Use .......................................................6
Equipment Performance ............................................. 7
,~ Data Analysis ..................................................... 7
RESULTS .............................................................8
Individual Movements -Distance From Release Point ..................... 8
Individual Movements -Estimated Rates of Movements .................. 11
Individual Movements -Significance of Movements Within Millard Backwater
and Fish Condition Factor (K) ................................. 11
Individual Habitat Use and the Effects of Condition Factor ................ 12
Comparison of Treatments: Movement Patterns and Habitat Use ............ 14
DISCUSSION ................:........................................15
Dispersal Patterns ...............................:.................15
Habitat Use . ....... ................. 18
J A Potential Explanation for the Large Initial Dispersal of Stocked Fish ....... 19
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ............................. 20
`~ ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ................................................21
LITERATURE CITED .................................................. 22
APPENDICES .........................................................44
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